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Premiere Pro Basics Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Various keyboard shortcuts for the beginner.

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Panel Selection

 
Shift+1
Project
Shift+2
Source Monitor
Shift+3
Timeline
Shift+4
Program Monitor
Shift+5
Effects
Shift+6
Audio track mixer
Shift+7
Effects
Shift+8
Media Browser
Shift+9
Audio Clip Mixer

Tools Shortcuts

V
Select Tool
A
Track Select Tool Forward
B
Ripple Edit Tool
C
Razor Tool (Cut)
Y
Slip Tool
P
Pen Tool
H
Hand tool
Most effects occur at the playhead.

Timeline

Up Arrow
Previous Clip
Down Arrow
Next Clip
 

Source Monitor

1) Displays one clip at a time from the project pane
2) Using in & out points, you can select a portion
of a clip and drag it into the timeline

Principal Differ­ences between Monitors

B
l

Navigation

Go to start of previo­us/next clip
/
Go to start of previo­us/next clip and select it
Cmd+/
Go to selected clip start/end
Shift+/
Go to end of Sequence
Command+
Got to start of Sequence
Command+

Playback Options

Space Bar
Toggles play on/off
L
Play Faster
J
Play Backward Faster
Shift-L
Play in Slow-m­otion
Shift-J
Play Backward in Slow-m­otion
->
Advance 1 Frame
<-
Backup 1 Frame

Miscce­lla­neous

Paste insert
Shift+­Com­mand+V
Duplicate
Shift+­Com­mand+/
Speed (of clip)
Command+R
Default video transition
Shift+D
Audio Transition
Comman­d+S­hift+D
 

Timeline Monitor

1) Displays sequence of clips (video, audio)
assembled in the timeline
2) Ripple & Rolling edits can be applied to
(or between) clips in a sequence
3) Audio clips editable
4) Can layer clips

Markers

Source Monitor Markers
Mark In point
I
Mark clip
X
Mark selection
/
Go to In/Out
Shift+I/O
Clear In/Out
Option+I/O
Clear In and Out
Option+X
General Markers
Add marker
M
Go to Next marker
Shift+M
Go to Previous marker
Cmd+Sh­ift+M
Clear current marker
Option+M
Left/R­igh­t/C­enter align selected clip to marker
Comman­d-S­hif­t-L/R/C
Most effects occur at the playhead.